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Coronavirus live updates: India administers 75 million Covid-19 vaccine doses; China's southeastern Fujian experiences another outbreak.

2:21 PM

32 districts reports zero active Covid-19 cases in UP

Thirty-two districts have reported zero active cases of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, informed an official statement by the Chief Minister Office on Tuesday, according to ANI.

 

While in the last 24 hours, only 16 districts have reported 33 new COVID-19 cases, it added.

1:44 PM

England schoolchildren aged 12-15 years to be offered Covid vaccine first dose

Schoolchildren aged between 12 and 15 years will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine starting next week, the UK government has announced after the country's Chief Medical Officers gave their go-ahead for the jabs for younger age groups, PTI reported.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said on Monday evening that ministers have accepted the advice of the four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) and the National Health Service (NHS) is now preparing to deliver a schools-based vaccination programme.

This will be based on what the NHS says is their "successful model" used for vaccinations including for HPV and Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP), supported by general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacies.

1:15 PM

HC asks Delhi govt to decide on allowing visitors at religious places

The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the city’s Aam Aadmi Party government to take a decision on a plea seeking that visitors to religious places be allowed, subject to compliance of Covid-19 protocol.

12:12 PM

Puducherry reports 103 new cases

Puducherry reported on Tuesday 103 new cases of Covid-19, compared to 61 yesterday. No death due to Covid was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry overnight, PTI reported.

10:51 AM

Worldwide cases cross 225.2 million, death toll at 4,814,609: Reuters tally

More than 225.2 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 4,814,609 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

10:17 AM

India's active Covid cases less than 2% of total infections

India's active cases--patients being treated for Covid--has declined to 362,207 and comprise 1.09 per cent of total infections. The national recovery rate for Covid is 97.58 per cent, said the health ministry on Tuesday.

 

9:47 AM

Japan city finds foreign substance in Pfizer vaccine

Kamakura City in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture said on Monday that it found a white-colored floating substance in a Pfizer vaccine vial, Bloomberg reported. The material was found on Sunday and the vaccine from the affected vial wasn’t administered. The prefecture said it would ask Pfizer for analysis of the substance.

9:39 AM

Kerala reports most cases

Of the 25,404 new cases reported in India in hours, Kerala had 15,058 in the count. For the first time in many days, Kerala's daily cases are below the 20,000-mark. The state reported on Tuesday 99 deaths, which is an increase over yesterday's 67 deaths.

8:08 AM

UP's Firozabad reports 2 dengue deaths

Two children died of dengue in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad on Monday, increasing fatalities due to the disease in the district to 60. A 14-year-old girl died in a medical college and a second child was brought there dead, said civil servants as the state reports a fall in Covid cases, PTI reported.

7:28 AM

Local cases more than double in southeast China

New local Covid-19 infections more than doubled in China's southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the country's latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The National Health Commission said 59 new locally transmitted cases were reported for September 13, up from 22 infections a day earlier. All of them were in Fujian, Reuters reported.

6:18 AM

Indonesia eases restrictions

Indonesia eased virus restrictions further as it reported the fewest new cases since May, which was before the spread of the delta variant led to its worst outbreak, said Bloomberg.

 

6:17 AM

Biden to call on world leaders for vaccination

US President Biden plans to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the pandemic, which includes vaccinating 70% of the world population within a year, the Washington Post reported, citing a list of targets shared with global health leaders. 

 

5:27 AM

Mumbai reports less than 400 new cases for third day

Mumbai reported on Monday 347 new cases of Covid-19 cases to take the total to 735,403, recording a third day in a row when daily new infections were less than 400. Six deaths increased fatalities to 16,028, PTI reported quoting an unnamed employee of the city municipality. The city carried out 25,851 tests for Covid on Monday, the lowest in September.

 

5:24 AM

India reports 27,254 new cases Monday

India reported 27,254 new coronavirus cases and 219 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. Total cases climbed to 33.26 million while deaths increased to 442,874.